(Harvest) Almost a year ago to the day, we wrote an article titled “The Geopolitics of 2017 in Four Maps.” As it turned out, that article was one of our most popular in 2017. We return this year with a […]

(Harvest) Crypto-currencies are in strong market downturn with a 40% decline in the last month and more than 20% in a single day earlier in the week only to be followed by strong gain of more than 30%. There has […]

(Harvest) The New York Times took a look at some of the people involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the Bay Area. It covered a lot of ground in terms of the ideology, the personalities and how they cope […]

(Reuters) Ajit Jain, who was recently appointed a vice chairman of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday reported ownership of roughly $109 million of the conglomerate’s stock…Jain directly owns $21.7 million of Berkshire stock, and indirectly owns $87.5 million of […]

(Bloomberg) A slew of hedge funds are setting up shop in Asia, pointing to early signs of a revival after new starts slumped in 2017. Long-time employees of Tybourne Capital Management, Moore Capital Management, Millennium Management and Soros Fund Management […]

(Bloomberg) After lagging behind other precious metals last year, platinum is finally outperforming, and hedge funds are taking notice. Money managers increased their bets on a rally for platinum, a commodity used in pollution-control devices for cars. To read this […]

(Bloomberg) It’s hard to be a bear these days. Take Crispin Odey, whose main hedge fund has tumbled by two thirds in three years because of bets against the market. He blames his losses partly on banks that helped troubled […]

(Reuters) After nearly two decades of growing Blackstone Group into the world’s biggest hedge fund investor with some $74 billion in assets, J. Tomilson Hill is passing the baton.Blackstone has promoted John McCormick to president and chief executive of hedge […]

(Reuters) Oil-focused hedge fund firm Westbeck Capital will enter new territory next month with an equities fund designed to tap into growing excitement over electric vehicles, according to a draft investor presentation seen by Reuters. Westbeck’s Electric Metals Fund will […]

(Bloomberg) Long-shorts had a good year in 2017. The HFRI Equity Hedge Total Index — an index of long-short equity hedge funds — returned 13.5 percent last year, its best performance since 2013. But as my Bloomberg View colleague Barry […]

(Bloomberg) As Bitcoin continues its wild ride, a Singapore hedge fund unit is raising $10 million for a cryptocurrency arbitrage fund to trade off price movements. Kit Trading, a unit of Vulpes Investment Management, said the fund is on track […]

(Bloomberg) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans Thursday to target a tax break for investment fund managers in his state.The proposal would impose a 17 percent “Fairness Fix” tax on hedge fund and private equity managers’ compensation — reflecting […]